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ALVAH SWEETLAND, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSGNOR To HIMSELF AND'MILTON J. PALMER., 0F ASAME PLAGE.

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cro hALL WHOM- IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, ALVAL; SWEETLND, of the city of Syracuse, in the county of' Onondagaa.nd State of New York, have invented a. new and usefullmproved Haine-Fastener; and I do hereby declare that the following lis a. full, clear, and exact description of the construction and `operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making e part of this specicetion, in which- Eigure 1 is a perspective view, and

'Figure 2 is n. view of'each separate prt.

Like letters represent like parts.

Letter A represents'the eyes; letter B, the strap; letter C, the lever; letters Dl) D, the bars that form the eyes; letters F F, the slots in .the strap end lever.

I construct my hante-fastener of iron or brass, or its substitutes. The eyes are mede as represented in the\ drawings. i The lower end of the strap is bent in the form of a hook, and is fastened, and plays into the slot of the lever, 'and the lever plays in the slot of the strap. The lower end of the lever is formed into a hook, which hooks'intothe eyes, and then the lever is-pressed down on the eyes, and the strap pressed down. in the opposite direction, and on the end of the eyes isa. hook which fastens into one hame, and on the opposite end of the strap is a hook which fastens in the other heme permanently, sind when it is desired to fasten 4the hmes together,

when on ahorse, the hook on the lever is pnt in one of the eyes, and then the lever pressed down on the eyes,

which locks the fstener, so thet it will be impossible for it to be unfestened, only by the hand raising the lever suc'ient to loosen the hook out of'the eye. I

What I claim as my invention, `and desire .to secure by Letters Potent, is- The lever C and-slot Fin the lever, and these parts in combination with each other and the slot of the strap, constructed and operating in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

' ALVAH SWlilElLAND.v

Witnesses;

Leurs F. SMITH,- WM.'J. MONTANYE. 

